Shoe-heel-reducing device.



G. E. & E. G. LEACH.

SHOE HEEL REDUQING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8,1914.

Patented 001;. 20, 1914.

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. and Enlarger GL ACH, jcitizens'of the United States, residing at West Peabody', in the merit in- Shoe Heel -Reiiucin ci c any portion-of a shoeheel desired may be required eclditionalhibor to level upto .a

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. bolted down to an ordinary work.bench. At each side are the uprights b, J), connected 'B,wh-ioh are connected at the top by the Fitted to-th'e lower ends of the rods B, B, is

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proper'condition for receiving the'new worlc. By our methoda flat, level surface is produced, requiring littlelebor toput in condition 'for building up'a new heel. By our method the Work is performed veryrepidly, much inore so than by ziny former method We attain these iobjeets by meens of the accompanying drawing, in which V a i Figure, l is a fronttelevntiongVFig. Qis aside elevation and Fig. 3 is a plan View of l Similar letters refer to similar parts Theconstruction of our 'devicelis as' follows: A, is a eest-iron frameadaptedto be by the cross bars.- This frame, is bored yen tically forthe passage of the two rods B,

cross head 0, secured 'by" the -nuts e, e.-

the cross bar D, -secured and rendered ad endcrosshead C, ere'su pported by the' helioel springs E, E. Attached to the cross bar .D,-isthe chain F, the lower end of which is otedtotheflooratg, it -F-orn ed int;ra1'with the cross head U, is the downwar y. rojecting part f, formed" to rpeei v'e the stee d-ivide zi screws, as shown.- non ofsaid heel, cutting throughboth the uttechedto the-foot lever G, which is piw,

puttingknife H, secured the screws 'h,' I i" The knife H, is or. forked as shown in Fig. l, the

lower ends and inneredges of the forlgzed portion sharp end beveled from the front backward, as shown in dioated by "dotted llines in Fi g. l. Thefiont of the Fig, 2, end int-g base A,,and of'the cross lfatented (let. 20, 1914.

bar 0, are both concaved, as shown in Fig-3; and 'this'concave surface of the cross belt a, A

is faced with a, steel The operation of our device is as follows;-

The shoe from which a part of the heel is to be removed is placed in the position shown "by dottedlines at K, Figs. 1 and 2, the front of the heel resting on the cross bar c and firmly held inthat position bythe'eperator.

The .foot" being now pressed upon the lever G; the. cross head C, is drawn down, the

the heel at the. proper .i

knife H," sinking into I pointand forcingits wayentirely through the length of it, dividingthe leather and- In seine cases a second cutting the nails.

stroke is necessary to completethe work. The springs" E, E, bring; the cross head G,

.knife H, and foot lever,G,"back to their original position ready for another operatiomas soon as the foot is-removed. I p Having described the construction and operation-of our device and shown wherein it differs from former devicesand methods, we claim: 4 e

f In a. device pfthe character described, the

combination of nfixed frame 'adapted to support a shoe heel a. frame slideble in said i i fixed .frame, a chisel-like forked knife fixed turnit to its initial position after it has been forced downwerd a foot lever and a member connecting saidfoot-lever and said slidable .95 to said' sli'dable flame, helical springs adnpt- 7 :ed to support said sligl'able frame and to re' frami all constructed and operating-sub. v

'stantilzlly'es described nnd for'the purposes set fort I I CHARLES .LEAGH, C. BEACH; lVitnessesz CHARLES-A. Lenoir,

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